Christian Romon

The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) is a state-owned pension fund management firm headquartered in Sacramento, California. Founded in 1932, the firm has long been at the forefront of shareholder activism in the US. CalPERS provides retirement and health benefit services to private individuals and employers, specifically active, inactive and retired employees of California state and local public agencies. They routinely put pressure on companies to achieve better corporate performance corporate governance.

Nuveen Investments, Inc. provides investment management and related services to retail and institutional investors. It offers investment management capabilities across a diversified set of asset classes and investment strategies through its investment management affiliates, including municipal bond, investment grade, global and high-yield bond, floating-rate bank loan, preferred securities, growth equity, value equity, global and international equity, equity income, core equity, equity index, quantitative and enhanced equity, asset allocation, balanced strategies, real asset and commodity. The company was founded by John Nuveen in 1898 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc. (DIMA) is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is a subsidiary of DWS USA Corp., ultimately held by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK) in Germany. The firm was founded in 1984 and formerly known as Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. In 2018, they changed their name into DWS as part of the rebranding of Deutsche Asset Management. DIMA provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services to various institutional clients. They also provide investment advisory services for its municipal bond strategies through wrap fee programs.

United Rentals (North America), Inc. provides equipment rental services. It offers equipment for rent to construction and industrial companies, manufacturers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners, government entities, and other customers. The company was founded on September 12, 1997 and is headquartered in Stamford, CT.

Edward D. Jones & Co. LP is a broker-dealer and registered investment advisor located in St. Louis, Missouri. The firm is a subsidiary of the Jones Financial Cos. LLLP. Edward Jones provides financial services for individual investors and businesses in the US, Canada and the United Kingdom. Edward Jones registered as a broker–dealer in 1941 and as an investment adviser in 1993. The firm offers a full array of investment services. They cover stocks that perform over the long-term, focusing on US, Canadian and Western European companies with long, stable, operating histories.

DWS International GmbH is the wholly-owned investment management subsidiary of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA, ultimately owned by Deutsche Bank AG (ETR: DBK, NYSE: DB) in Germany. Headquartered in Frankfurt, the firm was founded in 1983 and provides discretionary and/or non-discretionary services to a variety of types of clients, including one or more affiliated investment advisers.

Nuveen Securities LLC, formerly known as the John Nuveen & Co., Inc., is the brokerage subsidiary of Nuveen Investments, Inc., ultimately held by TIAA Board of Overseers in the US. Headquartered in Chicago, the firm engages in the asset management and related research, as well as the development, marketing, and distribution of investment products and services for the institutional market segments. Investment products and services include closed-end exchange-traded funds, mutual funds and individually managed accounts.

BeneChill, Inc. develops non-invasive cooling technology for cerebral ischemia treatment. The company was founded by Michael L. Berman and Denise Barbut in 2004 is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Nuveen Credit Strategies Fund is a closed-end investment company. The fund's objective is to provide a high level of current income and total return. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in senior loans, second lien loans, unsecured loans, and bonds. The fund invests predominantly in debt obligations of below investment grade quality. Nuveen Credit Strategies Fund was founded on September 2007 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Nuveen Connecticut Municipal Income Opportunity Fund is a closed-end investment company. Its primary objective is to provide current income exempt from regular federal and Connecticut income taxes. The fund invests in municipal securities considered to be underrated and undervalued. Nuveen Asset Management manages the fund. The company is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

The General Hospital Corp. provides healthcare services. It offers diagnostic and therapeutic are in every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. The firm's care center provides cancer, digestive disorders, heart disease, transplantation and vascular medicine services. The company was founded in 1811 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Part of Franklin Resources, Inc., Lehman Brothers Global Asset Management is an American asset management company. The company is based in NY. Lehman Brothers Global Asset Management was acquired by Legg Mason, Inc., a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. from Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. on February 13, 1996 for $10 million.

Northwestern University is a private institution founded in 1851 to serve the Northwest Territory, an area that now includes the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota. Northwestern has three campuses

California Institute of Technology provides education focusing on science, engineering, academia, business, and public service. The company was founded in 1891 and it is headquartered in Pasadena, CA.

New England Aquarium Corp. provides ocean exploration and marine conservation. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

ARIS Capital Management LLC (ARIS) is an independent hedge fund manager headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 2004 by Jason D. Papastavrou. ARIS provides investment advice to high net-worth clients.

Columbia Management Investment Advisers LLC (CMIA) is a registered investment advisor and mutual fund manager headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (NYSE: AMP). The firm was formed in 2010 as the result of Ameriprise Financial Services' (AFS) acquisition of the long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Group (CMG) from Bank of America. AFS merged CMG's long-term asset management business with their subsidiary, RiverSource Investments LLC, under the name Columbia Management Investment Advisors. CMIA offers equity and fixed-income retail and institutional investment products for various types of clients.

Vertex Pharmaceuticals (Canada), Inc. operates as a biotechnology company that invests in scientific innovation to create medicines for people with serious and life-threatening diseases. It discovered medicines to treat the cause of cystic fibrosis a genetic disease. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Arbor Biotechnologies, Inc. engages in curating genetic biodiversity and discover novel protein functions from nature. The company was founded by David Arthur Svott, Winston Xia Yan, Feng Zhang and David R. Walt in 2016 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.